The 10 best foods I've had to eat since moving to Worcester

When MassLive opened up its fancy new office out in Worcester, I wound moving with it. With that move came a need to find a new go-to lunch place at work (I miss you Theodores') and an opportunity to dive in to a thriving restaurant scene in a relatively new city.

Worcester has really good food and sometimes I just want to shout from the mountaintops about how good a particular taco is. I don't have a mountain handy, but I do have a computer and an employer who's willing to publish my food ramblings.

I haven't gone everywhere I've wanted to yet. So if your favorite restaurant isn't one here, it's either because I'm just a man with one wallet and stomach or that and I have a personal grudge and I have it out for that restaurant. Yup, especially that one.

But if you're looking for a new lunch spot at your new office, you may just notice that this little shawarma place across the street has five stars on Yelp. It's a solid five, too, with 250 reviews last time I checked.

What's the deal? It's nothing revolutionary. It's just a delightful lunch spot with good prices and a $6.49 pita wrap full of wonder to fill your day when you forgot to bring lunch (again).

My go-to here is the beef shawarma, which is carved off the standard rotating colossus of meat on a spit roasting in the back. But what really makes it the ideal quick fill-in lunch is that splash of hummus and garlic on there to give it that vibrant, herbaceous flavor. Plus, there's just enough tomato and pickle in there to brighten up the whole pita in terms of texture and fresh flavor.

The owner also has a habit of offering up free baklava to people in the restaurant (as you can see if the photo below). And let me be clear, that didn't show up because I was writing this. Heck, the first time it happened to me, I didn't even know I was going to write this.